Cigarette extinguisher and ash tray



2, Sheets-Sheet l INVEN TOR. dyj- 51(2560/W A TTORNEY 1934- H. J.LEBHERZ CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER AND ASH TRAY Filed Nov. 25, 1952 Jan. 2,1934. H. J. LEBHERZ 1,941,607

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER AND ASH TRAY Filed Nov. 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 21 Er- E /4 dE h ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 2, 1934 UNITED; STATES:-

PAT ENT OFFICE CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER AND ASH. TRAY porations; ofMaryland Application .November 25, 1932 Serial No. 644,348

12 Claims. (Cl. 131-51.)

My invention relates broadly; to smokers appliances and'moreparticularly to'a construction ofcigarette extinguisher and ash-tray.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide.

- a simplified construction of cigaretteextinguisher and ashtray whichissimple .in its manufacture andproduction and effective and convenientin operation.

Another object of my invention is to providea construction of cigaretteextinguisher and .ash trayby which thestub of a lighted cigarette maybereadily extinguished and the. stub ejected: into an ash tray withouttouching. the stub. after it has been placed in the extinguisher;

Still another object of myinvention is to provide a construction ofcigarette extinguisher'and. ash tray having means; for receiving theburning stub of a cigarette andextinguishing the stub by a smotheringoperation, with means for automatically ejecting the-stub into an ashtray.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simplified constructionof cigarette extinguisher and ash tray by which the lighted end of thecigarette stub may bedeposited into an open port in the extinguishercasing and the casing auto.- matically closed to atmosphere foreffectively smothering the lighted: cigarette by? the conse quent cutoff in the supply of oxygen-and'sautmmatically ejectingthe stub of acigarette -previ-'- ously inserted'in the opposite port in the casing.

Other and further objects of my invention reside in the construction ofcigaretteextinguisher and ash tray as will be understood from thespecification hereinafter following by reference to theaccompanying-drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top'plan view of the cigarette extinguisher 'andashtrayconstructed in accordance with'my invention; Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view=online2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is ahorizontalrsectional view on line 33 of Fig. 4; Fig. 4 is-alongitudinalsectional view of the device, with-the casingv being shown in section;Fig. 5 is a central vertical longitudinal-sectional view of thecigarette extinguisher and ash tray constructed" in accordance with. myinvention taken on line 5-5 of Fig; 3.; Fig. 6 is atransverse verticalsectional view taken on line 66 of :Fig; 5; Fig; 7 is a transversevertical sectional'view. taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 5; Fig. 8' is-a topplan view of a modified 'form of the base used in connection with myimproved cigarette extinguisher and ash tray; Fig. 9 is a horizontalsectional view of a modified form taken on line' 9-9 of Fig. 11; Fig. 10is a transverse vertical sectional viewon line 10-10 of Fig. 11; Fig. 11is a central-vertical longitudinal sectional view on line 1111 of Fig.

9; Fig: 12 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on line: 12-.l2ofFig. 11; Fig. 13 is another modified form of my invention, showing acentral vertical longitudinal sectional view, the casing only beingshown in section; Fig. 14 is a central vertical longitudinal sectionalview taken on line 1414 of Fig. 15; Fig. 15 is a horizontal sectionalviewrtaken on line-1515. of Fig. 13; Fig. 16 is a transverse'verticalsectional view taken on line 16-16 of Fig. 13; Fig. 17 is a transversesectional view taken online 1717 of Fig. 13; Fig. 18 is anothermodification of my improved-cigarette extinguisherand ash tray showing avertical longitudinal-sectional view taken on line l818 of 7 Fig. 19Fig. .19-is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 1919 of Fig. 18;Fig. 20 is a transverse vertical sectional .view' takenon line 2020 ofFig. 18; andFig. 21 is a fragmentary sectional view of a modified formof one of the ash deflecting hoods 7 used in connection with myinvention.

In illustrating the several embodiments of my invention the drawingshave not been made to scale but are to be considered merely asillustrating the arrangement of parts of the mechanism of my'invention.Iprovide. a cigarette extinguisher which includes. a removable casingdetachably secured to an ash tray and which provides an'airtightenclosure in-which an automatic device for controlling the sealedoffcondition of the air tight enclosure is mounted. The mechanism includesa pivoted plate member carrying means for closing either of two portsintthe casing through which the lighted stub of a cigarette maybeprojected. The movable plate carriesmeansfor deflecting ashes from thelighted stub of the cigarette immediately below one of the ports andmeans for'sealing the other of the ports toatmosphere. Upon theinsertion ofthelighted-stub of the cigarette in one of the-portsashes.are deflected from-the end of the cigarette and the casing is sealedtoatmosphere. The lighted stub of the cigarette is extinguished by asmothering action due to the exclusion of oxygen from the interior ofthe casing. Upon the insertion of the stub of another cigarette intheother port of the casing, the stub. which has been extinguished isejected automatically and falls into the. ash tray. When thecasing hasbecome filled with ashes the casing canbe readily removed and the ashesdeposited from the ash tray.

Referring to the drawingsin'more detaiL-reierence character 1 designatesan ash tray of any suitable form-in'the center of which I provide nosuitable attaching means for the cigarette extinguisher. I have shown araised boss 2 at the center of the tray which is apertured for thepassage of a rivet member 3. Rivet member 3 provides securing means forthe supporting element 4. The supporting element 4 is provided with apair of side portions 4a and 4b which project vertically and formjournals for the transversely extending shaft member 5. The shaft member5 provides pivot means for the angularly movable strip 6. The angularlymovable strip 6 has downwardly depending side portions 6a and 6b throughwhich the pin 5 extends, thus providing a means for controlling therocking movement of the angularly movable strip 6. The angularly movablestrip 6 has a pair of end portions 7 and 8 extending at acute angles tothe plane of the central portion of the strip 6. In each of the endportions 7 and 8 there is an upstruck frustc-conical projection at 9 and10, respectively. The upstrucl; frusto-conical projections are solocated in the end portions 7 and 8 of strip 6 that they are centeredimmediately below the ports 11 and 12 respectively in the removablecasing 14.

The enclosing casing 14 has opposite side walls instruck at 14a and 14bto provide resilient means beneath opposite sides of the supportingmember 4. The walls of the enclosing casing 14 are sufficientlyresilient to spring into locked engagement with the supporting member 4.In order to further insure the arrangement of casing 14 over thecigarette extinguisher, I provide upstanding resilient lugs 40 and 401on opposite ends of supporting member 4 for engaging the interior of theopposite end walls of the enclosing casing 14. The ports 11 and 12 ofcasing 14 have their interior edges projecting inwardly to abut with thefrusto-conical projections 9 and 10 on the ends 7 and 8 of the angularlymovable strip 6 and provide a sealed connection therewith. Asillustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5, the lighted stub of a cigarette,indicated at 15, has been projected into the port 11 in the enclosingcasing 14. The action resulting from the projection of the stub to port11 is that the end 7 carrying the frusto-conical projection 19 is thrustdownwardly and thus serves to deflect ashes from the lighted end of thecigarette, distributing such ashes through the interior of the casing;while the other end 8 carrying the frustoconical projection 10 is thrustinwardly and establishes a sealing connection with the inwardlyprojecting annular edge of port 12 in casing 14, simultaneously ejectinganother stub previously inserted, which stub is caught in tray 1 asindicated at 15a. The interior casing 14 is thus shielded to atmosphereand the stub of the cigarette is forced to smother. The burning end ofthe cigarette is extinguished by lack of oxygen within the interior ofcasing 14 for supporting combustion. Fig. 2 illustrates the manner ofinserting the lighted stub into the cigarette extinguisher. It is notnecessary to again touch the lighted stub, for the insertion of the nextsucceeding stub at 16 in port 12 operates to thrust the frusto-conicalportion 10 of angularly movable strip 6 downwardly, thus distributingashes from the end of the lighted stub and ejecting the previouslyinserted stub 16, now extinguished by reason of the movement of thefrusto-conical portion 9 upwardly to a position sealing the port 11. Theejected stub 15 falls into the ash tray in a position illustratedgenerally at 15a in Fig.

I i 1 while the stub 16 is smothered within the Gasing 14 in a mannersimilar to the previous action to which stub 15 was subjected.

Figs. 9, 10, 11 and 12 show a modified form of the cigaretteextinguisher of my invention. In this arrangement, provision is made forthe thrust of the ash deflectors and port sealing de vices in parallelplates to avoid any tendency of choking the ports by the clogging of acigarette stub in the ports during the ejection process. In the form ofthe invention illustrated in Figs. 912, I provide a base supportconsisting of a strip member 17 having central upstanding side members17a and 17b thereon. The base 17 also has lugs 17c, 17d, l'le and 17f atdiametrically opposite positions thereon for engaging the side walls ofthe enclosing casing 14. The upstanding lugs 17a and 17b providesupporting members for pintles 18 and 19 which are suitably securedtherein. I provide a pantograph construction formed by a pair ofparallel levers 20, each of which are journaled centrally on pintles 18and 19. The levers 20 are pivotally connected at spaced intervals on thestem members 21 and 22 which project from beneath the deflecting plates23 and 24. The deflecting plates 23 and 24 move in parallel planes withrespect to the lower edges of the ports 11 and 12 in the casing 14. Thatis, the pantograph arrangement is such that a downward thrust ofdeflecting plate 23 by the insertion of cigarette stub 15 in port 11operates to shift deflecting plate 23 downwardly in planes parallel tothe lower angular edge of port 11 while deflecting plate 24 is raised inparallel planes to a position sealing the lower angular edge of port 12.

Where requirements of production economies make it necessary, I mayeliminate the pantograph construction illustrated in Figs. 912, andemploy the simplified construction illustrated in Figs. l317. In thisarrangement, the base member 17 has, in addition to the lugs describedin connection with Figs. 912, two upwardly extending cylindrical wellsillustrated at 25 and 26. The defleeting plates 23 and 24 are providedwith downwardly extending cylindrical portions terminating into aplurality of guide fingers, adapted to fit within the upwardly extendingwells 25 and 26. These fingers effectively prevent the deflecting plates23 and 24 from tipping to one side during the movement thereof. Abalanced lever 2'7is pivoted at 27a between upstanding lugs 17a and 17band carries, by means of yokes 27b and 270 through pivotal connections,the depending cylindrical guides and tongues 23a and 24a. As

the cigarette stub 15 is projected into port 11, j

the deflecting plate 23 is thrust downwardly and is maintained in aposition parallel to the lower angular edge of port 11 by means of theguide 25. Simultaneously deflecting plate 24 is projected up verticallyin parallel planes to a position sealing the annular depending edge ofport 12, and this ejects a cigarette, previously inserted, into the ashtray, the parallel relationship being maintained by concentric movementof the cylindrical member and tongues 24a intericrly of sleeve 26. Theguides 25 and 26 serve as sleeves for confining the path of movement ofthe members 2311 and 24a thereby insuring the parallel arrangement ofthe deflecting plates 23 and 24 with the interior angular seats on ports11 and 12. The operation of lever 2'7 is such that a cigarette stub isautomatically ejected in one port when a lighted cigarette stub isthrust into the other port.

Where extreme production economies must Jill prevaiLI'may employ theconstruction illustrated ing, one of said deflector plates operating toin Figs. 18-21. In this arrangement, a base member 28 is riveted or spotwelded'to the ash tray 1 and is provided'with upstanding lugs..28a and28?) at opposite ends thereof to provide. en-

gagement means with the opposite interior walls of the enclosing casing14. A transversely extending plate member 29 projects vertically fromthe base plate 28' and is provided with recesses'29a and 29b atoppositesides thereof into which the'instruck portions 14a andl4b of theopposite side Walls of the enclosing casing 14 project and interlock.Plate 29 serves as a fulcrum for balanced lever 30 which is pivotallymounted through the agency of the knife edge recess shown at 30a.Deflecting plates 31 and 32 are carried on the ends of'lever 30 andcoact with the ports 11 and 12 for alternately sealing the port orejecting the stub of a cigarette projecting through the port inaccordance withthe operationof the deviceas heretofore described. I haveshown the position of the balanced lever 30 in full lines in Fig. '18for the conditionwhich exists when the cigarette stub 15 is projectedthrough port 11 for actuating lever 30, while deflecting plate 32 sealsport 12. Dotted line position 30' shows the shifted position of lever 30when a cigarette stub is projected through port 12, the cigarette stubl5ejected, and the port 11 sealed.

In Fig. 21 I have shown a slightly modified form of an ash deflectinghood carried by the angularly movable strip, the same being shown as at40 in the form of a true cone for the purpose set forth.

I have found the cigarette extinguisher and tray of my invention highlypractical in its manufacture, production and use, and while I havedescribed my invention in certain preferred embodiments, I desire thatit be understood that modifications may be made and that no limitationsupon my invention are intended other than are imposed by the scope ofthe appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is as follows:

1. A smokers appliance comprising a tray, a cigarette extinguishermounted on said tray, said extinguisher including an enclosing casinghaving ports adjacent opposite ends thereof for receiving the stub of acigarette, and a movable device located Within said casing beneath saidports, said movable device being operated by the insertion of onecigarette stub for ejecting a previously inserted cigarette stub fromthe other of said ports and sealing the enclosing. casing to atmosphere.

2. A smokers appliance comprising a tray, a cigarette extinguishermounted on said tray, said extinguisher comprising a casing closed toatmosphere, said casing including a pair of ports in the top thereof, asee-saw device pivotally mounted within said casing, deflector platescarried by opposite ends of said see-saw device immediately beneath theports in said enclosing casing, one of said deflector plates operatingto eject the stub of a cigarette projecting through one of said portsand seal said port upon the insertion of the stub of another cigarettethrough the other of said ports.

3. A cigarette extinguisher comprising an enclosing casing, a pair ofports disposed in said casing, a lever device pivotally mounted withinsaid casing, said lever device supporting the deflector plate adjacenteach end thereof in a position immediately beneath the ports in saidcaseject the stubof :a cigarette projecting through the port in saidcasing aligned therewith when a previously. inserted cigarette stub isthrust against the other of said deflector plates through the other ofthe ports aligned therewith.

4. A cigarette extinguisher comprising an enclosing casing having a portadjacent each end of the top thereof, a lever pivotally mounted withinsaid casing, a deflector plate pivotally mounted with respect to eachend of said lever, said deflector plates being aligned with therespective ports, one of said deflector plates operating to eject thestub of a cigarette projecting through the port aligned with saiddeflector plate when the stub of a previously inserted cigarette isthrust through the other of said ports against the deflector platealigned therewith.

5. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a supporting base, a detachableenclosing casing on said base, said'casing having a pair of ports in thetop thereof adjacent each end of the casing, a fulcrum device extendingfrom said base centrally of said casing, a lever mechanism pivotallymounted on said fulcrum device, deflector plates carried by each end ofsaid lever mechanism and offset one with respect to the other wherebyone of said deflector plates operates to eject the stub of a cigaretteprojected through the aligned port in said casing and seal said casingto atmosphere when the lighted stub of a previously inserted cigaretteis thrust through the other of said ports against the other of saiddeflector plates.

6. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a substantially airtight casinghaving a pair of ports in the top thereof adjacent each end of thecasing, a see-saw device fulcrumed centrally of said casing, a deflectorplate carried by each end of said see-saw device, the deflector plate onone end of said see-saw device operating to eject the stub of acigarette projected through the port aligned therewith and seal saidcasing to atmosphere when the stub of another cigarette is thrustthrough the other of said ports and against the deflector plate alignedtherewith.

7. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a support, a detachable airtightcasing carried by said support, said casing having a pair of apertures 1in the top thereof, one of said apertures being adjacent one end of thecasing and the other of said apertures being adjacent the opposite endof the casing, a fulcrum device extending from said support, apantograph mechanism pivotally mounted with respect to said fulcrumdevice, deflector plates carried by opposite ends of said pantographmechanism in positions aligned with the apertures in said casing, saiddeflector plates being offset one with respect to the other whereby oneof said deflector plates operates to eject a cigarette stub projectingthrough one of said apertures and seal said casing to atmosphere whenanother cigarette stub is thrust through the other of said aperturesagainst the deflector plate on said support, said casing having a portadjacent each end of the top thereof, a see-saw device pivotally mountedwithin said casing, and means carried by each end of said see-saw deviceand aligned with the ports in said casing for ejecting the stub of acigarette projecting through one of said ports and sealing the said portto atmosphere when another lighted cigarette stub is thrust through theother of said ports against the said means carried by the other end ofsaid see-saw device.

9. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a support, an enclosing casingdetachably mounted on said support, a standard disposed centrally ofsaid casing and carried by said support, a lever pivoted with respect tosaid standard, deflector plates pivotally mounted on opposite ends ofsaid lever, means depending from the rear of said deflector plates,guide means carried by said support and slidably engaging the aforesaidmeans for maintaining said deflector plates in'parallel planes in thecourse of movement thereof with respect to said casing, said casinghaving ports in the top thereof immediately above said deflector plates,one of said deflector plates operating to eject the stub of a cigaretteprojected therethrough and seal said casing to atmosphere when thelighted end of another cigarette stub is thrust through the other ofsaid ports against the deflector plate therebetween,

10. In a cigarette extinguisher, a supporting base, a substantiallyairtight casing carried by said base, said casing being ported adjacentopposite ends thereof for receiving the stub of a cigarette, and meanswithin said casing operated by the insertion of a cigarette stub throughone of said ports for ejecting a previously inserted "cigarette stubfrom another of said ports, said means operating to seal said casing toatmosphere for subjecting the lighted cigarette stub to a smolderingoperation.

11. In a cigarette extinguisher, a support, a casing carried by saidsupport, a pair of apertures in said casing, and means within saidcasing operated by the thrust of a lighted cigarette stub insertedthrough one of said apertures for ejecting a previously insertedcigarette stub from the other of said apertures and operating incooperation with the newly inserted cigarette stub for excluding airfrom said casing for subjecting the lighted end of the cigarette stub toa smoldering action.

12.. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a casing having a pair ofapertures in the top thereof adjacent each end of the casing, a guideelement disposed beneath each of said apertures, a deflector plateslidably supported in each of said guide elements and movable toopposite limiting positions for sealing said apertures or to a positionremote therefrom beneath the top of said casing, and means synchronizingthe operation of said deflector plates whereby the thrust of a lightedcigarette stub through one of said apertures against one of saiddeflector plates operates to eject a previously inserted cigarette stubfrom the other of said apertures and seal said casing to atmosphere forsubjecting the lighted cigarette stub to a smoldering operation.

HARRY J. LEBHERZ.

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